Submitted by nedragarrett_CDC on
CDC's Comment for draft USCDI v5
CDC supports the inclusion of this data element in USCDI v5 as it is an element that may be necessary for calculation of our digital quality metrics from FHIR data.
Data used to categorize individuals for identification, records matching, and other purposes.
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Identifier
Description
An identifier for the patient |
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Submitted by nedragarrett_CDC on
CDC supports the inclusion of this data element in USCDI v5 as it is an element that may be necessary for calculation of our digital quality metrics from FHIR data.
Submitted by nedragarrett_CDC on
Submitted by nedragarrett_CDC on
CSTE agrees with CDC's recommendation for this data element.
Submitted by nedragarrett_CDC on
CDC continues to recommend inclusion of this high priority data element in USCDI v4
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Submitted by BLampkins_CSTE on
CSTE Comment - v5
CSTE recommends renaming this data element to Patient Identifier. Also, it is very important to include 2 other data elements to provide data critical to supporting the usability of the patient identifier data element. These include the Type of Patient Identifier (which would detail whether the identifier is, for example, a medical record number, a Medicare number, a social security number, a laboratory patient identifier) and the Patient Identifier Assigning Authority (which would provide information on which organization has assigned the identifier - for example, which health care organization, which governmental agency etc.).